Can BuzzFeed turn itself from a silly meme-generator into a serious media outlet by hiring journalists like Politico writer Ben Smith? If the meteoric rise of the Huffington Post has shown us anything, it’s that new media entities can spring from the most unlikely of sources. Read more »
Well, that was predictable. The chance to buy a “.xxx” domain is now open to the public and already someone appears to have used the opportu… Read more at paidContent »
The news aggregating behemoth Huffington Post is continuing its march into new markets: the next stop is Spain, where the site will partner… Read more at paidContent »
Another executive move at AOL (NYSE: AOL), which has seen a fair few of them in the last several months: the company today announced that it… Read more at paidContent »
Do recent struggles dominating the news represent the beginning of the end for green technology? Nah, it looks like business as usual for Silicon Valley. Only one in ten start-ups ever make it, VCs like to say, and failure makes you stronger. Read more »
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A little over two years after returning to the portal business, Brad Garlinghouse is leaving AOL (NYSE: AOL) as president of the application… Read more at paidContent »
Brad Garlinghouse, President of the Applications and Commerce Group and head of AOL’s Silicon Valley operations is leaving the beleaguered online service, AOL according to multiple sources. Garlinghouse is well known in Silicon Valley as the author of the Yahoo Peanut Butter Manifesto. Read more »
» Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Launches iTunes Match, But Puts Temporary Hold On New Subscriptions (paidContent)
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AOL (NYSE: AOL) has banked a lot of its fortunes on selling advertising around a group of high-traffic web properties. But just as it still… Read more at paidContent »
Connectivity changes everything. That’s the credo driving just about every corner of our day-to-day lives. As human beings, we are now connected to one another through not just our social networks but also our cars, the books we read, the albums we download and even our own health and wellness habits (to name just a few areas). With that in mind, GigaOM Pro has singled out certain areas in the technology industry where we see this shift to constant connectivity taking place most drastically. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
The portal trio alliance between AOL (NYSE: AOL), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) that was being explored in September is now… Read more at paidContent »
The Huffington Post not only poached the Gray Lady’s popular “Motherlode” columnist, it also had the chutzpah to name the upstart blog “Pare… Read more at paidContent »
AOL (NYSE: AOL) certainly went into Q3 with lowered expectations and it appeared to have beaten those benchmarks, as global display advertis… Read more at paidContent »
» With Launch Of The Verge, SB Nation Parent Rebrands As Vox Media (paidContent)
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Arianna Huffington’s current legal battle over the rights to the idea for the Huffington Post isn’t her first encounter with the court syste… Read more at paidContent »
More VC money getting invested into one more independent mobile ad network: 4INFO has raised $14 million in funding in a round led by Paul A… Read more at paidContent »
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is bringing back former ad sales development head Janet Balis to lead sales strategy, marketing and partnerships for the com… Read more at paidContent »
Last quarter’s big headline in social media and real-time technologies came from Google, which launched Google+, its first social tech product that seems legit. In the third quarter, things were back to normal. Google+ is still growing, but Facebook’s platform update dominated the news. And as Google+ passed 25 million users and won some raves from the digerati, its competition with Facebook intensified. Additional companies mentioned in this report include Zynga, Salesforce, BranchOut and Foursquare. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
The Huffington Post is planning a French edition — Le Huffington Post — with two established partners who will share equity: The Le Monde… Read more at paidContent »
The three major portals and YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) sold more of the lucrative custom homepage ads in the second half of Q3, according to the l… Read more at paidContent »
The other day, when a plane I was on landed in Newark, I noticed the elderly woman sitting next to me pull out a Droid Bionic and start answ… Read more at paidContent »
AOL has said it remains committed to rolling out its Patch.com network of a thousand hyperlocal news outlets across the U.S., but reports about cost-cutting efforts raise the question of how long the troubled former web giant can maintain that commitment to its money-losing hyperlocal project. Read more »
– MSN UK: Former BBC News interactive head Pete Clifton, who is now MSN UK’s exec producer, is hiring BBC Wales’ social media editor Darren… Read more at paidContent »
AOL, Yahoo and YouTube are all betting big on web original content. Why? Because for the first time in a long time, it seems that content may finally be attracting the type of viewership and ad dollars they’ve hoped for. Read more »
Well, you could if you’re the Daily Mail but barring that, who would make up a post about a tech writer who leaves to become general partner… Read more at paidContent »
AOL has seen a ton of growth in its video properties over the last year, and is looking to bolster that part of its business even more, with a slate of web original content designed to capture viewer attention and steal TV ad dollars. Read more »
It seemed like a no brainer back in November. If Bob Pittman was willing to return to radio after forays at MTV, AOL (NYSE: AOL), Time Warne… Read more at paidContent »
The continuing migration of audiences and ad dollars to digital has helped serve as a balm against growing economic fears that have resulted… Read more at paidContent »
AOL (NYSE: AOL) is restructuring its European executive leadership in a reshuffle that sees AOL Europe CEO Kate Burns leave and two toppers… Read more at paidContent »
As our demand for data increases, so too do the number of mobile devices and services. Add to that the infrastructure needed to support such connectivity, and a wide, complex picture of the mobile industry emerges. This report examines the various sectors of the mobile landscape and what the future holds for each. Hardware, cloud services, mobile search, advertising, location-based services and the growing ubiquity of the Internet of Things will all play an important role in the concept of mobility as it shifts and evolves over the next several years. With the help of more than a dozen contributors, GigaOM Pro presents a comprehensive analysis of the companies and trends that will lead us into the next era of mobile. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
In the past two weeks…
Facebook has revamped its layout and then announced a “timeline” where your living history will be displayed.… Read more at paidContent »
Scott Colontonio is leaving AOL’s hyperlocal network Patch after little over a year to join Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Business Insider reports. T… Read more at paidContent »
There may still be a good number of magazines that are turning away from the magazine format to focus more on their website distribution. Bu… Read more at paidContent »
A year after AOL (NYSE: AOL) first began promoting its “premium” Project Devil ads to much hype and fanfare, the company has succeeded in si… Read more at paidContent »
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Many folks, including Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings, suggest AOL (NYSE: AOL) should drop its declining ISP business. In fact, it al… Read more at paidContent »
Last week, Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft reportedly pitched a premium advertising exchange to advertisers and brand-name publishers. The object would be to raise the value of their ad inventory and compete more effectively against Google and Facebook. Could this trio of portals pull it off and ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation.
It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings thought separating his company’s DVD and streaming business would be straightforward. Turns out it was a lot like… Read more at paidContent »
